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Regular and Irregular Verbs in English
Although there is not a separate stand-alone grammar test in IELTS, your ability to recognise
and use a range of grammatical structures accurately will be important in the listening,
reading, speaking, and writing modules of the IELTS test. Having a good command of verb
patterns is an important aspect of grammar.
In English, the regular forms of verbs are as follows:
Base form Past tense Past participle
play played played
For example:
I play tennis once a week. (Present simple)
I played tennis last Wednesday. (Past simple)
I have played tennis since I was a child. (Present Perfect)
However, many common verbs in English are irregular. Here is a list of common irregular
verbs.
Base form Past tense Past participle
be was/were been
begin began begun
break broke broken
bring brought brought
buy bought bought
build built built
choose chose chosen
come came come
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
do did done
draw drew drawn
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten
feel felt felt
find found found
get got got
give gave given
go went gone
have had had
hear heard heard
hold held held
keep kept kept
know knew known
leave left left
lead led led
let let let
lie lay lain
lose lost lost
make made made
mean meant meant
meet met met
pay paid paid
put put put
run ran run
say said said
see saw seen
sell sold sold
send sent sent
set set set
sit sat sat
speak spoke spoken
spend spent spent
stand stood stood
take took taken
teach taught taught
tell told told
think thought thought
understand understood understood
wear wore worn
win won won
write wrote written
Be sure to revise these verbs regularly and when you learn a new verb, make a note of all of
its forms. You might like to record them like this in your vocabulary notebook:
New Verbs
Base form Past tense Past participle